Data & AI Governance Leader: Delivery & Strategy

Kubrick; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Flexible working options

Hybrid New York office 2–3 days/week

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Kubrick is seeking an experienced Data & AI Governance Manager to join our Data Management capability in New York. This role blends client-facing delivery with thought leadership and internal development responsibilities.

You will lead data governance, metadata management, and data quality workstreams across engagements, shape governance frameworks, and mentor delivery squads. Regular client-site visits may be required to ensure delivery quality and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience in data governance, metadata management, or data quality implementation across large-scale organisations.
• Demonstrated expertise in tooling such as Collibra, Ataccama, Immuta, Anomalo etc.
• Proven experience designing operating models, governance frameworks, and stewardship roles.
• Data Governance or Technology Partner qualifications preferred e.g. DAMA CDMP, Collibra Ranger etc.
• Strong understanding of metadata, lineage, CDE management, data cataloguing, and data quality dimensions.
• Experience delivering data management solutions on modern platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, or AWS.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation, and written/verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead delivery teams and provide coaching or line management to more junior staff.
• Comfortable creating documentation, training materials, and supporting upskilling of client users.
• Ability to contribute to thought leadership and help define the evolution of the Data & AI Governance capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of data governance, metadata management, and data quality workstreams for clients.
• Define and implement enterprise frameworks covering stewardship, ownership, policy and standards, issue management, and governance processes.
• Support configuration, implementation, and enablement of tooling (e.g. Collibra, Immuta, Anomalo, Ataccama etc.).
• Design metadata strategies, business glossary structures, and conceptual data models.
• Support data lineage initiatives, including mapping end-to-end data flows and identifying critical data elements.
• Develop and implement data quality frameworks, profiling strategies, and remediation processes.
• Lead internal squads and coach junior team members, providing delivery oversight and subject matter expertise.
• Engage with stakeholders to translate business needs into data governance initiatives.
• Contribute to internal growth of the capability—developing playbooks, methods, reusable templates, and IP.
• Participate in pre-sales efforts and develop client proposals that highlight the value of data management.
• Work with Kubrick & client staff of other disciplines to understand and assess requirements, design solutions and inform delivery planning.
• Seek, build, and maintain effective client relationships contributing to Kubrick’s commercial priorities and supporting our partnering approach to working with clients.

Skills

data governance

metadata management

data quality

governance frameworks

stewardship

regulatory compliance

AI governance

Education

DAMA CDMP

Collibra Ranger

Tools

Collibra

Ataccama

Immuta

Anomalo

Informatica

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure

AWS

Job description

Kubrick is seeking an experienced Data & AI Governance Manager to join our Data Management capability in New York. This role blends client-facing delivery with thought leadership and internal development responsibilities.

You will lead data governance, metadata management, and data quality workstreams across engagements, shape governance frameworks, and mentor delivery squads. Regular client-site visits may be required to ensure delivery quality and client satisfaction.